Obscenity is central to an understanding of medieval culture, and
it is here examined in a number of different media. Obscenity is,
if nothing else, controversial. Its definition, consumption and
regulation fire debate about the very meaning of art and culture,
law, politics and ideology. And it is often, erroneously, assumed
to be synonymous with modernity. Medieval Obscenities examines the
complex and contentious role of the obscene - what is offensive,
indecent or morally repugnant - in medieval culture from late
antiquity through to the end of the Middle Ages in western Europe.
Its approach is multidisciplinary, its methodologies divergent and
it seeks to formulate questions and stimulate debate. The essays
examine topics as diverse as Norse defecation taboos, the
Anglo-Saxon sexual idiom, sheela-na-gigs, impotence in the church
courts, bare ecclesiastical bottoms, rude sounds and dirty words,
as well as the modern reception and representation of the medieval
obscene. They demonstrate not only the vitality of medieval
obscenity, but its centrality to our understanding of the Middle
Ages and ourselves. Contributors: MICHAEL CAMILLE, GLENN DAVIS,
EMMA DILLON, SIMON GAUNT, JEREMY GOLDBERG, EAMONN KELLY, CAROLYNE
LARRINGTON, NICOLAMCDONALD, ALASTAIR MINNIS, DANUTA SHANZER
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